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From the Quincy Herald.
Death of the Prophet.
The steamboat Boreas just in from Warsaw, brings shocking intelligence from the scene of the Mormon war. The following slip from the office of the Warsaw Signal, explains the dreadful tradge-dy :—
"Joe and Hiram Smith are dead—shot this after-noon. An attack from the Mormons is expected every hour. Will not the surrounding counties rush instantly to our rescue?
Warsaw, June 27th, 1844."
It seems that the circumstances attending killing of the Mormon Prophet and his brother Hiram are as follows: On yesterday Gov. Ford left Carthage with about 120 soldiers, for the purpose of taking possession of the "Nauvoo Legion" and their arms. They arrived at Nauvoo about noon, and called for the assembling of the Legion.
About 2000 men with arms immediately respond-ed to its call. These troops were put under com-mand of Col. Singleton, of Brown Co., who accom-panied Gov. Ford to Nauvoo.
The Governor finding all quiet, left Nauvoo a-bout 5 o'clock P. M. with a company of 60 men, for the purpose of encamping about seven miles from the city.
At about the same time that Gov. Ford left Nau-voo, the Prophet and his brother were killed at Car-thage, under the following circumstances, as near as we can ascertain them :
Joe and Hiram were both confined in the debtor's room of the Carthage jail, awaiting their trial on a charge of treason. The jail was strongly guarded by soldiers and anti-mormons, who had been placed there by the Governor.
A Mormon attempted to rush by the guard for the purpose of forcing his way into the jail. He was opposed by the guard, and fired a pistol at one of the guard, giving him a slight wound.
A general confusion ensued in the crowd around the jail. Joe and his Mormon fellow prisoners it seems had provided themselves with pistols, and commenced firing upon the guard within. He then attempted to escape from the window, when a hun-dred balls entered his body, and he fell a lifeless corpse.
His brother Hiram shared the same fate. Rich-ards, a leading Mormon, was badly wounded. There our intelligence ends—what took place after this, God only knows. Mormons immediately left for Nauvoo to carry the news of the death of the Pro-phet. It is feared that the Mormons of Nauvoo will be so exasperated as to exterminate the Governor and his small force.
The Boreas brought down most of the women and children from Warsaw. It is feared their town is in ashes before this.
Our citizens were aroused this morning by the ringing of bells and a call to arms. Our three in-dependent companies are already in marching order. Maj. Flood has ordered out the militia of this regi-ment, and the steamer Boreas is waiting to convey them to the scene of action.
There is no knowing where this dreadful affair will end. Many have expressed fears that our city is in danger, because most of the Warsaw families have taken refuge here—but we believe there is no danger, we are too far from the scene of action. Messengers have just left for Hannibal and the towns below for the purpose of arousing the Mis-sourians. The excitement in our city is intense and the anxiety to hear the fate of Gov. Ford and his men is very great.

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From the Quincy Herald.
Death of the Prophet.
The steamboat Boreas just in from Warsaw, brings shocking intelligence from the scene of the Mormon war. The following slip from the office of the Warsaw Signal, explains the dreadful tradge-dy :—
"Joe and Hiram Smith are dead—shot this after-noon. An attack from the Mormons is expected every hour. Will not the surrounding counties rush instantly to our rescue?
Warsaw, June 27th, 1844."
It seems that the circumstances attending killing of the Mormon Prophet and his brother Hiram are as follows: On yesterday Gov. Ford left Carthage with about 120 soldiers, for the purpose of taking possession of the "Nauvoo Legion" and their arms. They arrived at Nauvoo about noon, and called for the assembling of the Legion.
About 2000 men with arms immediately respond-ed to its call. These troops were put under com-mand of Col. Singleton, of Brown Co., who accom-panied Gov. Ford to Nauvoo.
The Governor finding all quiet, left Nauvoo a-bout 5 o'clock P. M. with a company of 60 men, for the purpose of encamping about seven miles from the city.
At about the same time that Gov. Ford left Nau-voo, the Prophet and his brother were killed at Car-thage, under the following circumstances, as near as we can ascertain them :
Joe and Hiram were both confined in the debtor's room of the Carthage jail, awaiting their trial on a charge of treason. The jail was strongly guarded by soldiers and anti-mormons, who had been placed there by the Governor.
A Mormon attempted to rush by the guard for the purpose of forcing his way into the jail. He was opposed by the guard, and fired a pistol at one of the guard, giving him a slight wound.
A general confusion ensued in the crowd around the jail. Joe and his Mormon fellow prisoners it seems had provided themselves with pistols, and commenced firing upon the guard within. He then attempted to escape from the window, when a hun-dred balls entered his body, and he fell a lifeless corpse.
His brother Hiram shared the same fate. Rich-ards, a leading Mormon, was badly wounded. There our intelligence ends—what took place after this, God only knows. Mormons immediately left for Nauvoo to carry the news of the death of the Pro-phet. It is feared that the Mormons of Nauvoo will be so exasperated as to exterminate the Governor and his small force.
The Boreas brought down most of the women and children from Warsaw. It is feared their town is in ashes before this.
Our citizens were aroused this morning by the ringing of bells and a call to arms. Our three in-dependent companies are already in marching order. Maj. Flood has ordered out the militia of this regi-ment, and the steamer Boreas is waiting to convey them to the scene of action.
There is no knowing where this dreadful affair will end. Many have expressed fears that our city is in danger, because most of the Warsaw families have taken refuge here—but we believe there is no danger, we are too far from the scene of action. Messengers have just left for Hannibal and the towns below for the purpose of arousing the Mis-sourians. The excitement in our city is intense and the anxiety to hear the fate of Gov. Ford and his men is very great.